It's an entry level residential mower, not made for a farm. You can't compare it to a lawn tractor. You have to compare it to their peers in the same price category. You are nitpicking at stuff that is not relative to this mower. for the features, styling and price, I think it beats most other mowers in this category.
Exactly right. Prices keep going up but quality and durability drop. The point of the mower is to do a nice job cutting grass for many years. The weak transaxle and deck will probably not last.
The holes on the sides of the seat are for optional armrests. All of your suggestions add $1,000 to the price. I have this mower and it is wonderful for the price point.
Thanks for the input. I disagree, I think it would add about 200 to the build cost and about 500 if that to sale price if they added some deck reinforcements and an appropriately sized rear axle. But I still think that should be on the mower standard.
I have an XT1 like this with one year's mowing of 2 acres. So far it has been great. Excellent cut and power from the engine. Comfortable seating for my 6' body. Turns *very* tight radius. I do not like the lack of grease fittings on the mower deck spindles. Also no grease fittings on the mower deck anti-scarf wheels. All in all for the money I think it is great. My last CC (LT 1045 46") gave me 14 years of flawless service and I sold it for $500 still working great. No funky oil change cartridge like on the green lawn tractors. Btw, the lawyers made CC design in the "press button to mow while in reverse". No big deal IMO.
Thanks for your opinion! I agree it probably is decent for a golf course style lawn but the lack of maintainable spindles will be a problem in the future as you mentioned and may be a weak piont due to the power of that engine
I've noticed most of the big box mowers come with "maintenance free" spindle bearings... we know that's a load of bull. I saw that you can modify the spindles to have a grease port. When you go to change them, just drill and tap a hole on the side and replace the bearings with open ones instead of sealed. The Cub Cadet deck is one of the better ones from big box stores; 12 gauge instead of the crappy 13 gauge on JD, Craftsman, etc.
Bro I hate to break it to you, but you just bought the wrong mower for your needs. For 99% of people this is the best mower out there. you obviously need something with a little bit more power that fits your needs
Just becuase its the best for the price doesnt mean it could be better for the price. I shopped and did a ton of reaserch even digging deeper into kohlers engine specs to decide upon this mower. I agree, but i disagree becuase they deck and axle are truely under built
Yeah, but this mower looks like it is the opposite, it looks like the outisde wheek turns tighter than the inside, it may be the case that the steering has enough play that it doesnt really have either.
I like it I have a older Cub Cadet 2009 model LTX 1050 lawn tractor and it is good and still works. This is fun to watch and I might comment again is that ok and how is it still running now good review thank you.🚜🚜🚜😄
Thanks! It's still going strong! We have bent the blades once but that was the worst of the damage fortunately. And feel free to comment all you want! It actually helps thr channel and I love seeing your feedback
How do you like it? I'm shopping around and looking harder at the XT2 because I need something more rugged to do some gravel work, snow removal, and mowing some heavily overgrown ditches. Any thoughts?
@@zigsrig I like it but to be honest my yard isn't very big and it's flat so I don't expect to have any problems. Probably overkill for what I need but I wanted to get something that would last for years.
Press brake pedal fully, be on the seat. Push throttle up all the way, turn ignition key to furthest position and hold until the engine turns over on its own. Release ignition and press acceleration pedal
Seems to me that's a good thing, even though there's room for improvement on some things. Do you do anything other than now? I'm shopping for something that will do some gravel and snow work. Thoughts?
@@zigsrig the john deers are devent machines but i dont have any other tractors aside from an old import yanmar. Ventracs are also really nice but pricey
@@everettstormy your review is SPOT ON. I too have been looking for an affordable replacement for my poulan pro 46 twin. you hit everything I disliked about the PP, and CC "solutions" for the same issues. even so - from what you described, this would be a good "side replacement" for my PP. Nothing really upgraded - just different.
@@everettstormy I really need something bigger I'm 6 ft 7 and 400 pounds this seat isn't compfirtable doesn't scoot back enough I'mma have to rig up a seat and take these springs out maybe it'll tilt back some get me off the steering wheel may even find a smaller steering wheel but other than that good running kholer 7000 series
I bought the same mower in 2022 and I'm telling you the cheap s*** they made 40 years ago was much better than this s***.... I think they're just selling you a paint job I think the motor is okay though . One of the first things that I don't like is that their blades are garbage and the spindles are garbage and they put these heavy blades on these garbage spindles... The quality of cut is terrible also.
Thanks for the review. This is exactly what i needed to see and the proper criticism for a 2500 dollar machine.
Glad you liked it!
It's an entry level residential mower, not made for a farm. You can't compare it to a lawn tractor. You have to compare it to their peers in the same price category. You are nitpicking at stuff that is not relative to this mower. for the features, styling and price, I think it beats most other mowers in this category.
Yeah, I did purchase it, but I am comparing it to older mowers In the category. As prices have increased budget mower ruggedness have decreased
Exactly right. Prices keep going up but quality and durability drop. The point of the mower is to do a nice job cutting grass for many years. The weak transaxle and deck will probably not last.
@@tylermacconnell217 yep!
The holes on the sides of the seat are for optional armrests. All of your suggestions add $1,000 to the price. I have this mower and it is wonderful for the price point.
Thanks for the input. I disagree, I think it would add about 200 to the build cost and about 500 if that to sale price if they added some deck reinforcements and an appropriately sized rear axle. But I still think that should be on the mower standard.
I have an XT1 like this with one year's mowing of 2 acres. So far it has been great. Excellent cut and power from the engine. Comfortable seating for my 6' body. Turns *very* tight radius. I do not like the lack of grease fittings on the mower deck spindles. Also no grease fittings on the mower deck anti-scarf wheels. All in all for the money I think it is great. My last CC (LT 1045 46") gave me 14 years of flawless service and I sold it for $500 still working great. No funky oil change cartridge like on the green lawn tractors. Btw, the lawyers made CC design in the "press button to mow while in reverse". No big deal IMO.
Thanks for your opinion! I agree it probably is decent for a golf course style lawn but the lack of maintainable spindles will be a problem in the future as you mentioned and may be a weak piont due to the power of that engine
I've noticed most of the big box mowers come with "maintenance free" spindle bearings... we know that's a load of bull. I saw that you can modify the spindles to have a grease port. When you go to change them, just drill and tap a hole on the side and replace the bearings with open ones instead of sealed. The Cub Cadet deck is one of the better ones from big box stores; 12 gauge instead of the crappy 13 gauge on JD, Craftsman, etc.
Yeah i bet there are a lot of universal parts used becuase they are all made in the same factory lol
Bro I hate to break it to you, but you just bought the wrong mower for your needs. For 99% of people this is the best mower out there. you obviously need something with a little bit more power that fits your needs
Just becuase its the best for the price doesnt mean it could be better for the price. I shopped and did a ton of reaserch even digging deeper into kohlers engine specs to decide upon this mower. I agree, but i disagree becuase they deck and axle are truely under built
The steering makes sense. Every car has the inside wheel turn tighter than the outside wheel.
Yeah, but this mower looks like it is the opposite, it looks like the outisde wheek turns tighter than the inside, it may be the case that the steering has enough play that it doesnt really have either.
I like it I have a older Cub Cadet 2009 model LTX 1050 lawn tractor and it is good and still works. This is fun to watch and I might comment again is that ok and how is it still running now good review thank you.🚜🚜🚜😄
Thanks! It's still going strong! We have bent the blades once but that was the worst of the damage fortunately. And feel free to comment all you want! It actually helps thr channel and I love seeing your feedback
I was looking at this mower but decided to spend a little more and get the 42" xt2.
Yeah good luck with it
How do you like it? I'm shopping around and looking harder at the XT2 because I need something more rugged to do some gravel work, snow removal, and mowing some heavily overgrown ditches. Any thoughts?
@@zigsrig I like it but to be honest my yard isn't very big and it's flat so I don't expect to have any problems. Probably overkill for what I need but I wanted to get something that would last for years.
Change the oil and such and it should last, the oil problem youll probably have is the compression release tab on the cam breaking
It doesnt have to be trash
Agreed, even some simple deck reinforcments and better axle would make it much better
You should have spent more if you wanted a pro grade mower
Yeah wasnt in the budget.
@@everettstormy I understand that's my issue also 😆 thanks
How to start?
Press brake pedal fully, be on the seat. Push throttle up all the way, turn ignition key to furthest position and hold until the engine turns over on its own. Release ignition and press acceleration pedal
If you hate it so much why did you buy it??
Couldn't find a better one for the budget
Seems to me that's a good thing, even though there's room for improvement on some things. Do you do anything other than now? I'm shopping for something that will do some gravel and snow work. Thoughts?
@@zigsrig the john deers are devent machines but i dont have any other tractors aside from an old import yanmar. Ventracs are also really nice but pricey
@@everettstormy your review is SPOT ON. I too have been looking for an affordable replacement for my poulan pro 46 twin. you hit everything I disliked about the PP, and CC "solutions" for the same issues. even so - from what you described, this would be a good "side replacement" for my PP. Nothing really upgraded - just different.
Yeah from what ive seen, I agree
Mine just came missing the hour meter
Damn
I noticed mine I just had delivered was missing the hour meter too. Wonder if it doesn't come with it. Makes no sense
@@NorthernWind603 surely they didn't have to cut the cost of a 5 dollar part lol
@@everettstormy nothing surprises me anymore. Great mower overall though, I hope to get many years out of it.
@@NorthernWind603 we have had no problems after two years got about 100 hrs on it.
18 hrs latter and mine dont start no more
Damn is it water in the gas?
The battery is $50-100. Not pricey
Good to know! Ours survived the winter so were happy with it anyways!
Is this guy 10 or 25?
Lol been waiting for this comment
That seat sucks this is my first cub cadet I wish I would have bought a diff mower
What mowers where you looking at? I liked it personally but I can see how it would be better
@@everettstormy I really need something bigger I'm 6 ft 7 and 400 pounds this seat isn't compfirtable doesn't scoot back enough I'mma have to rig up a seat and take these springs out maybe it'll tilt back some get me off the steering wheel may even find a smaller steering wheel but other than that good running kholer 7000 series
@rlee8625 hmm that is a problem fs. I really can't think of a good way to modify one like that
I bought the same mower in 2022 and I'm telling you the cheap s*** they made 40 years ago was much better than this s***.... I think they're just selling you a paint job I think the motor is okay though . One of the first things that I don't like is that their blades are garbage and the spindles are garbage and they put these heavy blades on these garbage spindles... The quality of cut is terrible also.
Oh yeah I know even 10 years ago you had to buy something you knew what garbage to get garbage. This is a midrange mower
Battery not good.
Damn u just bought that